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Abstract: Constitutional monarchies are commonly seen as anachronisms, vestiges that are doomed to disappear. Yet one in five countries today is a constitutional monarchy. This paper provides a definition and typology of constitutional monarchy, and explains why constitutional monarchy may be stable in a world in which most countries are republics.
Functions and powers of constitutional monarchs relates to the maintenance of the democratic constitutional order by the moderation and arbitration of political disputes between the main institutions of
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The functional purposes of constitutional monarchs (what they are for rather than what they actually do) can generally be considered under the following headings: Embodying constitutional authority: Constitutional monarchs embody and represent the legitimate constitutional authority of the state, performing ceremonial and official functions in ...
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constitutional monarchy, system of government in which a monarch (see monarchy) shares power with a constitutionally organized government. The monarch may be the de facto head of state or a purely ceremonial leader. The constitution allocates the rest of the government’s power to the legislature and judiciary.
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This paper provides a definition and typology of constitutional monarchy, and explains why constitutional monarchy may be stable in a world in which most countries are republics. Constitutional monarchy, it argues, is a stakes-reducing device, helping to make democratic politics possible in some environments through integrating the polity and ...
The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap. Building on earlier work by Congleton (2011), who introduced the king as an explicit player in the democratic transition, the present work considers constitutional monarchy as a form of power sharing between the king and a liberal challenger to royal authority.
A constitution ‘marries power with justice’ (Lutz 2006: 17)—it makes the operation of power procedurally predictable, upholds the rule of law, and places limits on the arbitrariness of power. It is the supreme law of the land, and it provides the standards that ordinary statutes have to comply with.
